"'Fortify Yourself in Your Decay': Sounding Rhyme and Rhyming Effects in Shakespeare's Sonnets" https://www.worldshakesbib.org/entry/bbbc1768/ Author: Semler, L. E. Type: Book Chapter Year: 2013 Publication Information: Post, The Oxford Handbook of Shakespeare's Poetry, 449–66. : Post, The Oxford Handbook of Shakespeare's Poetry Annotation: Discusses how rhyme in Shakespeare's sonnets functions as a "binding agent" of the quatrain, the sonnet itself, and the sonnet sequence. Emphasizes how rhymes impact musicality, pleasure, and temporality. Language: English Persons: Post, Jonathan F. S. Tags: Scholarship, Criticism, History of Criticism, The Rape of Lucrece WSB Update: Winter 2014 WSB Record Number: bbbc1768